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NABOKOV, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1899-1977, writing as 'V. Sirin'). Podvig. [Glory.] Paris: Sovremennyia Zapiski, 1932.
The first edition. In the introduction to the English translation, Nabokov writes that this novel, 'my only one with a purpose', 'soars to heights of purity and melancholy that I have only attained in the much later Ada'. Juliar A13.1.
Octavo (193 x 142mm). (Margins lightly yellowed.) Original grey wrappers printed in green (spine evenly yellowed; light wear to extremities). Provenance: Russian inscription, in pencil, on the front cover (Tsel' nichto; dvizhenie vse) – Costello (signature on front blank).
The first edition. In the introduction to the English translation, Nabokov writes that this novel, 'my only one with a purpose', 'soars to heights of purity and melancholy that I have only attained in the much later Ada'. Juliar A13.1.
Octavo (193 x 142mm). (Margins lightly yellowed.) Original grey wrappers printed in green (spine evenly yellowed; light wear to extremities). Provenance: Russian inscription, in pencil, on the front cover (Tsel' nichto; dvizhenie vse) – Costello (signature on front blank).
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